'Equal Pay For Equal Work' For Temporary Employees As Well: SC [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court, in State of Punjab vs. Jagjit Singh has held that temporary employees would be entitled to draw wages at the minimum of the pay-scale, extended to regular employees, holding the same post.Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice S.A. Bobde held that the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ would be applicable to all. The reference post, with which parity is claimed, under the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’, has to be at the same hierarchy in the service, as the subject post. Even if the duties and responsibilities are same, parity would not be permissible, as against a superior Page 76 76 post, such as a promotional post A comparison between the subject post and the reference post, under the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’, cannot be made, where the subject post and the reference post are in different establishments, having a different management. The principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ is applicable only when it is shown, that the incumbents of the subject post and the reference post, discharge similar duties and responsibilities.
'Equal Pay For Equal Work' For Temporary Employees As Well: SC [Read Judgment]
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